{"id":4251,"job_id":7398,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"gpt-6.1-sol","provider":"openai","report_md":"# Applicability of accepted return #2676\n\nThis is one administrative relevance screening of the exact issued accepted source, not a new scientific result or a second acceptance. The source is accepted, non-provisional, final rung verified; its report SHA-256 is `25271c56bdcb676fedcb6a5ae44711182cae3b1d61f6775da00241ad9173e7c4`, matching the issued snapshot and the fetched report bytes. All 12 original artifact hashes listed by the served source match the issued artifact-hash set. Original artifact bytes were not downloaded or rerun here. Current reviews #722, #833 and #1238 were read with the report; their scientific restrictions are retained. The source has no typed scopes, so every entry uses `scope_keys: []`. Missing scope authority remains an unresolved validation condition for every possible transfer.\n\n| Target | Decision | Exact relevance and limitation |\n|---|---|---|\n| self-match | unresolved | Conditional prefix reasoning may constrain a family satisfying C2. No legal ASCII32-preserving generator or input-dependent-target yield is established. |\n| all-zeros | applicable, provisional only | Native h0-zero question, prior legal Q9-family observations, restricted model-W enumeration and conditional first-divergence accounting. No full-zero preimage or universal speed/odds ceiling. |\n| smallest-collision | unresolved | Possible family-cost reasoning, but no full paired-digest/byte-length bridge, collision construction or minimum-length bound. |\n\nThe supported C2 statement is first divergence no later than step 30 for distinct blocks with fixed CV, equal m14/m15 and identical Q13..Q16. Only the explicit charge-from-first-divergence convention gives 31 suffix steps and 37/31=1.193548 versus Q9. Generation costs, later reuse and measured throughput remain separate. C3 optimality is restricted to the implemented symbolic transfer rules; per-leaf verification does not certify final-block padding. C1's 18,788 versus approximately 18,751.6 h0-zero hits in about 8.0537e13 Q9 trials is prior reported evidence, consistent with the model in that experiment. It is not newly reproduced here or a universal probability law. C4 remains heuristic.\n\nHistorical failure retained: the source's r=2 combo/target-21 search reached its 1,200-second CPU cap without a usable leaf dump; review #722 records exit -15, wrapper exit 124 and elapsed 1200.15 seconds. This is source history, not this assignment's usage. Reviews #722/#833 reject universal optimality, universal odds and unconditional throughput interpretations; #1238 retains their limits and reports selected recipe executions. Its mentions of #2993/#2996 were read only as context; those returns were not independently inspected or reassessed here.\n\nNo scientific program, proof rerun, candidate evaluation or benchmark was executed. Actual scientific CPU is 0 seconds (0 CPU-hours); source retrieval and administrative parsing are excluded. No new scientific artifacts, verification package, review request, route change or document revision is submitted. No separate known-work suppression claim is made: this is the issued first applicability matrix, rather than a claim that an earlier matrix already completed the task. There is no research route ID and no structured research object.\n\nThe read-only applicability-index query returned HTTP 200 but a bounded list that did not include #2676, even with source_return_id=2676 in the query. It therefore does not establish source-specific screening currentness. The complete source return independently confirms current acceptance and the report hash; the assignment states no prior screening. Full server material-fingerprint reconstruction was not attempted; the controller will bind the issued input hash. The first protocol read failed at sandbox DNS; the identical authorized network-enabled request succeeded. The unsupported section=applicability request returned the general protocol; section=shared-research supplied the actual applicability contract. Neither issue blocked this comparison.\n\nReconsider relevance only for a material source/correction/authority or target-domain change. Empty scope keys cannot authorize automatic transfer. This report does not integrate OUTCOMES, close a scientific route, assert impossibility or ask for another experiment.\n\n120 returns wait for a verdict, as stated in the issued brief.\n\n## Sources\n\n- Benjaminsen, return #2676, job 5576 (2026-10-10), C1-C4, Limits, recipe, file inventory and current decision: https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2676. Report SHA-256 above. Original scripts/output hashes identify historical evidence; not executed in this screening.\n- Review #722, C1-C4 scope restrictions and recorded timeout: https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/722.\n- Review #833, C2 suffix convention, implemented enumeration limits and missing per-leaf padding: https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/833.\n- Review #1238, selected recipe reruns, endpoint-lemma scope, generation-cost qualification and supported_scopes=[]: https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1238.\n- Shared research protocol, Cross-area applicability (research-applicability-v1): https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-protocol?section=shared-research; bounded live index: https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-applicability.\n- Issued job #7398 brief, target domains and exact source/input snapshot: https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/job/7398. Latest lane summaries supplied there are orientation only.\n- Local research summaries, local-only: summaries/all-zeros.json v8 (2026-10-10), summaries/self-match.json v10 (2026-10-10), summaries/collision-padding.json v8 (2026-10-10), scope/latest-evidence fields. These older summaries were used for prior-work orientation; served source and current reviews govern this screening.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0,"hashes":{},"author_rung":"heuristic","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-16T15:56:24.474Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[2676],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":144677,"models":{"gpt-6.1-sol":10298},"output":10298,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":1334016,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"Read-only comparison, no scientific execution: GET <project base>/return/2676; read report C1-C4, Limits, current reviews 722/833/1238 and research_authority. Confirm report_sha256 and SHA-256 of UTF-8 report_md equal 25271c56bdcb676fedcb6a5ae44711182cae3b1d61f6775da00241ad9173e7c4, accepted/non-provisional status, empty typed-scope set and the issued 12-artifact hash set. Read GET <project base>/research-protocol?section=shared-research, Cross-area applicability. Compare each exact target domain from job 7398 against the source under review corrections. Expected matrix: self-match unresolved; all-zeros provisionally applicable; smallest-collision unresolved; every scope_keys list empty, no validated transfer. GET <project base>/research-applicability is bounded; absence of this source there does not prove missing acceptance or absence of prior screening. Do not run the historical scientific recipe during this screening.","verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":"high","also_fix":null,"transcript_omitted":null,"patch_hash":null,"superseded_by":null,"duplicate_of":null,"transcript_resubmitted_at":"2026-10-16T15:56:31.753Z","file_notes":null,"research":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_881be467b0112d2f39dc8f0b","run_id":"run_0caa7a4e7ceb9732ae763538","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":null,"transcript_mode":"summary","known_work":null,"work_disposition":null,"applicability_assessment":{"schema":"research-applicability-v1","entries":[{"decision":"unresolved","target_id":"self-match","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"Provisional possible relevance only. Return #2676 C2 and reviews #722/#833/#1238 supply a conditional same-CV, fixed-m14/m15, shared-Q13..Q16 first-divergence bound. The self-match domain instead requires exactly 32 literal lowercase ASCII hex bytes and an input-dependent digest-prefix target. The accepted source does not establish an ASCII32-preserving Q9 or model-W family, nor its self-match yield. Review #833 explicitly notes that the per-leaf checks did not impose final-block padding. Thus a structural constraint may inform a proposed family satisfying C2, but the source does not establish a legal self-match generator, target-preserving distribution, speedup or fixed point. Source: https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2676, C1-C4 and Limits; https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/833, C3 and C1.","assumptions_md":"Any use of the prefix lemma must preserve fixed CV, equal m14/m15 and identical Q13..Q16. A useful self-match adaptation must additionally preserve exactly 32 lowercase ASCII hex bytes, standard IV, exact padding, all 64 MD5 steps and the input-dependent leading-prefix comparison. The source's arbitrary compression leaves and legal 52-byte Q9 observations do not supply those conditions. Do not transfer constant-zero hit rates or a universal 1.194x speed ceiling. No typed source scope exists; scope_keys=[] permits consideration only, never validated transfer. The legal-family/target bridge remains unresolved; this entry requests no experiment.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"applicable","target_id":"all-zeros","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"Provisional relevance, not validated transfer. This is the source's native question: making h0=0 using collision-derived neutral bits/message modification. Return #2676 C1 synthesizes prior legal 52-byte Q9-family evidence, within the allowed 0..1024-byte binary domain: 18,788 h0-zero hits versus approximately 18,751.6 expected in about 8.0537e13 trials. That is consistency with a generic model for the tested family, not a universal odds theorem. C2 bounds the initially unchanged round-two prefix by t*<=30 under its exact hypotheses; charging the complete suffix through step 60 yields at least 31 charged suffix steps, versus 37 for Q9. C3 records best divergence 24 in the implemented model W, not every additive or bit-level family. Reviews #722/#833 narrow these claims; #1238 reports selected byte-identical recipe reruns and retains those limits. Source: https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2676, C1-C4; https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/722; https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/833; https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1238.","assumptions_md":"Retain legal final-block padding and a full standard-IV MD5 message of at most 1024 bytes. h0=0 is only a first-word gate, not the full 128-bit zero target; the empirical odds statement remains the previously sampled legal Q9 family. C2 requires one CV, fixed m14/m15 and shared Q13..Q16. Its 37/31=1.193548 ratio uses uninterrupted-suffix charging with generation uncharged, and is not a measured wall-time or hardware-independent cost ceiling. Later reconvergence/noncontiguous reuse, varying-CV families and changed incoming round-two states are outside that argument. C3 retains implemented NL/projection/CV-label/coefficient/pruning rules and no per-leaf padding certification. Missing typed scopes leave validation authority unresolved: scope_keys=[] is provisional consideration only and grants no automatic transfer or broader route closure.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"unresolved","target_id":"smallest-collision","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"Provisional possible relevance to neutral-family cost accounting, with no established bridge to the target. Return #2676 studies sharing work among single-output h0-zero candidates, rather than constructing two different inputs with all 128 digest bits equal while minimizing total bytes. Reviews #722/#833 explicitly exclude later reconvergence, broader cost lower bounds and arbitrary model-W completeness. The source's first-divergence lemma could constrain a collision-search family only if that family separately satisfies the same-CV/fixed-m14,m15/shared-Q13..Q16 hypotheses; it neither forbids subsequent collision nor establishes a padding-compatible differential path or shorter pair. Review #1238 also distinguishes later work changing Q13..Q15 as outside C2. Source: https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2676, C2 and Limits; https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/833, C2-C4; https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1238, later work and rungs.","assumptions_md":"The target requires two distinct legal messages, each 0..1024 bytes, exact RFC padding and standard IV, all 128 digest bits equal, and accounting for both lengths. Unequal lengths are allowed by the target but not certified by C2's equal-m14/m15 setting. A collision-neutral-family adaptation must establish its legal-message mapping, differential constraints and full paired-work cost independently of the h0-zero statistics; no such transfer is supplied here. No minimum-length bound, shorter collision or collision probability follows. No typed source scope exists; scope_keys=[] records consideration only. The bridge remains unresolved and generates no new task.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true}],"targets":[{"id":"self-match","lane":"self-match","title":"Self match: a 32-character hex string equal to its own MD5","domain_md":"The candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\n\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nThe candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\n\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.","topic_ids":["self-match.methods","self-match.study-1","self-match.study-2","self-match.study-3"]},{"id":"all-zeros","lane":"all-zeros","title":"All zeros: an input of at most 1 KiB whose MD5 is 32 zeros","domain_md":"The input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\n\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nThe input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\n\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.","topic_ids":["all-zeros.methods","all-zeros.study-1","all-zeros.study-2","all-zeros.study-3"]},{"id":"smallest-collision","lane":"smallest-collision","title":"Smallest collision: two different inputs with the same full MD5, fewest total bytes","domain_md":"Inputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\n\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nInputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\n\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. 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The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\\n\\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.\"},{\"id\":\"all-zeros\",\"title\":\"All zeros: an input of at most 1 KiB whose MD5 is 32 zeros\",\"lane\":\"all-zeros\",\"topic_ids\":[\"all-zeros.methods\",\"all-zeros.study-1\",\"all-zeros.study-2\",\"all-zeros.study-3\"],\"domain_md\":\"The input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\\n\\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\\nThe input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\\n\\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.\"},{\"id\":\"smallest-collision\",\"title\":\"Smallest collision: two different inputs with the same full MD5, fewest total bytes\",\"lane\":\"smallest-collision\",\"topic_ids\":[\"smallest-collision.methods\",\"smallest-collision.study-1\",\"smallest-collision.study-2\",\"smallest-collision.study-3\"],\"domain_md\":\"Inputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\\n\\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\\nInputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\\n\\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.\"}]\n\nFor each area return applicability_assessment:{source_return_id:2676,input_sha256:\"3cb7d02ebbaa8ef9658c409fadab82353c1f1bf1cd2414953402c41ab87bf99a\",entries:[{target_id,decision:\"applicable|inapplicable|unresolved\",scope_keys:[<declared source keys; [] when the accepted report has no typed scope>],evidence_md,assumptions_md}]}. Cite source evidence and explain the possible bridge or mismatch with each area's exact domain. 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